Shootings, Los Angeles | featured news

The suspect in last week's triple slaying on the Las Vegas Strip has been arrested in Los Angeles, the Clark County District Attorney's Office said on Thursday.

At least three people have died in a series of related shootings near Los Angeles, California, police have said. On Tuesday morning, officers responded to reports of shots fired in southern Orange County. The gunman suspected of that shooting then went to Tustin, where he is believed to have been involved in three car-jackings, killing at least two of the drivers, police added.

The hunt in the snowy mountains for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected in three killings continued Saturday as police announced they will reopen the disciplinary proceedings that led to the fugitive's firing.

A mother and daughter who were mistakenly shot by Los Angeles police hunting for rampage suspect Christopher Dorner had no warning before bullets started whizzing through their newspaper-delivery truck, their lawyer said Friday.

A shooting that left a teacher dead in downtown Los Angeles occurred in a class teaching vocational students how to become security guards.

Well-known Hollywood publicist Ronni Sue Chasen was shot to death Tuesday in her Mercedes-Benz near Sunset Boulevard, authorities said. Chasen, 64, of Los Angeles was the publicist for movies such as "Driving Miss Daisy" and "On Golden Pond."

Authorities say eight people were shot - one fatally - and another three stabbed after a fight broke out at a birthday party in east Los Angeles.